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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1878-12-25

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1878-12-25 page 1

-4 mi rmi COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1878 WITH SUPPLEMENT. NO. 300. VOL. XXXIX. SIEBERT&ULLEY, BllANK BOOK t-ij MAipFAOTUREES, f,r Primers, Biuilers, Stationers and I. Kill BlRnfc Publishers. A FULL LINE OF Ready Made Blank Books Kept constantly on hand. BOOK BINDING 01 every description, by the Edition or Single Volume, Opera House BiilliliuK (I'P (Main). ap4 ly ATTORNEYS. E. I-. McCClVE, . Attoruejr - it - Ijaw, ROOM NO 2t, Nrt'llNE BLOCK, (Comer of High aud Gay Sis.,) daiam ( "j Colnttihii". x A. E. CBEIGIl'i'ON, Attorney - m " Xj'' - M Pioneer Block, COLUMBUS. Collection! promptly allenJed to. mylldw1y 8 e. i. BnieesT1 Attoruo y Xj.w, 23 E. Nlnlc St., - COHIWBCS, O., (First building west of City Hull.) HoRAfiB Wilson. J. J. Stoduakt. WILSON A STODDAKT, Attoinoys - at Uaw. lHce-No. arm S. HlRh HI. jylS 6m Isaiah Pii.laks. Rodney Foos, PIIXARS FOGS, Attai'iioyM - tt - Ijow, Kooiu No. 5, Pioneer Work, eh'J tltl wit ' rOMIMBUS. O. ' OMeei Hiit'hj Pearl anil Chapel HtH. COMLY, FRANCISCO & CO. r-UHMflirKnA and ertopHtrcroiw. A, W. FIUXCISCO, General Manager. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. m SUPPLEMENT. A RARE CHANCE. Stutter's Columbus and the Weekly Ohio State Journal (with "Almanac and Fire side Companion " ) one year for Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents. Note As the publishers of the Omo State Journal bought all of the edition that remained after subscribers were supplied, this is now the only way to gel 8 copy of Winder's Columbus, Send In your names before it is too lute. Indications fur the Ohio Valley North-' west with backing to southwest winch, falling bai'OMter, xliyhtly warmer clear weather. Qoi.D elosed in New 'ork yesterday at 100. ' no papkiTto-ihorrow. This is the holiday of the year. The world lays off its working harness!, and embraces the occasion to relax. We have no disposition to bo eccentric or singular. We join the throng of merry makers, and " take a day oft'." Hence no paper will be issued from this office to-morrow morning. The Blaine Committee. The following explanation bIiows how the Blaine investigating committee cornea to be without funds: Judge Porter, First Comptroller of the Treasury, to-day decided that the $20,000 appropriated at the lust session of Congress to defray the expenses of any Senate committee that might be appointed to investigate the electoaal fraud, can not be nsed to defray the expense of the Blaine investigating committee. The sum was appropriated in an amendment appropriating $20,000 for the use of the Potter committee. The amendment was offered by Senator Edmunds, anil provided that the sum of $30,-000 be appropriated to the contingent fund of the Senate to be used to defray the expenses of such investigation as has been ordered or may hereauer be onlereu by the Senate. Tn engrossing this amendment the word "such" was written "said," and as the first part ol the orient al resolution referred to the Presi dential Election Investigators, Comptroller Porter holds Ihat the word "said" must be regarded as also referring to said election and not to any other. This decision leaves the Blaine committee with out a cent of money to pay the necessary expenses. It is now thought that thecom mittee will have to wait for Congress to make an appropriation before beginning their investigation, unless a. way can be found to draw upon the regular contingent fund of the hennte lor money to meet the expense of the 'committee until Congress meets. The resolution appointing the committee does not authorize the use of the contingent fund, it being supposed ttiat the committee would make use of the $20,000 appropriated last ses sion. Jltere are grounds for suspicion tliattlieerror in engrossing Mr. Edmunds's resolution was not altogether accidental. The Cipher Dispnlclies. A Washington special to the Cincinnati Times of last evening says: Since the recess of Congress several Ke- publican leaders have been in consultation regarding the proposed investigation of cipher dispatches, and have come to the conclusion not lo take the initiative, but let the responsibility rest with the Democrats, as the latter were directly affected by the exposures. The Republicans considered that if they did not want to accept the verdict ot the country re garding them, thev could ask for an in vestigation by the Potter committee. It is about settled that the Democratic leaders do not intend to move in the matter, but will endeavor to let the disclosures die out. Acre, of 1'iireoiia. Forty acres of pigeons roost nightly in the Indian Territory about fifty miles soutnwest ot joplin, Mo. The hunter spend the night in the wood and kil with shotguns and clubs till morning When thev load WHcrnna with tlm ldrrl and drive away to sell the pigcona at from 10 cents to 25 cents a dozen. Scores of wagon loads have thus been uisposea ot, still there is no appnrei diminution in the number of the bird nor do they tail to return nightly their roast. to Kva Leroy, formerly of Cleveluiid, was so frozen near Rogers City, Michigan, that she died. She was a prostitute, and Deing lurneu out ot house and home, without money, attempted to walk from Alphena to Rogers City, but became ex hausted, leu and froze. BY TELEGRAPH TO 'Villi OHIO STATE JOURNAL. CRIME AND CASUALTY. Nugent Found Guilty of Murder in the First Degree. Texas Tacticians Get in their . Usual Killing. Destructive Fires Yesterday and Last Night. Kentucky Pension Paper Forgers ... Nabbed. Nine Times Murderer. Cincinnati, Dec. 24. Stephen D. Richards, who is now being conveyed to Kearney, Nebraska, to answer the charge of the murder of the Harelson family, has made a full confession, acknowledging to have committed nine murders within the last three years. One man with whom he had an altercation at Sand Hill, Nebraska, name unknown. Him he shot through the head. The next was that of Mrs. Hurelson and three children, last October, at Kearney, Nebraska. This murder was committed for the purpose of obtaining possession of her farm. But the neigh-bora discredited his story that Mrs. Harelson had gone to Texas, and searched, finding her body under a straw "tack. Richards, however, had escaped to Ohio. He also murdered a Swede named Ander son, whom he was assisting to put up a house at Kearney. The Sheriffs of Kearnev and Buffalo counties, who are con veying Richards to Nebraska, state their belief that Richards belongs to a gang of outlaws and cut-throats that intest that region. Pension Forgers Taken In. LorisviLl.E, Dec. 24. A special dispatch from Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, to the Courier-Journal says David O. Gibson, his two sons William V. and ilinmas v. Gibson, and Samuel P. Moore, arrived there this evening in charge ol two Deputy United States Marshals. Thev are charged with forgery under the pen sion laws ol the United mates, for sev eral years they havs been acting as United States Pension agents in Rock Castle county, and have drawn from the United states Treasury more than $1U,U0U on false vouchers and arc also charged with having drawn money for pensioners who had been dead for years. I hese irregu larities have lieen going on tor several years, but were not discovered until re cently. Held In Bail Snlciilc. San Francisco, Dec. 24. AV. J. Had- ley, alias Saville, alias Percy English, torger ol circular notes ot the Union Bank of London, was held to answer to day; bail $10,000. Charles E. Gorham, a native of Massa chusetts, aged fifty-three, formerly a Front street, merchant, suicided to-day hy cut ting his throat. Ashore untl Wi'ecketl. New York, Dec. 24. The Telegram publishes the following: The Star Line steamship State of Louisiana, from Glas- gow, which left that port yesterdav for New York, ran ashore this morning at Hunter's Rock while entering Lome Lough. The vessel will probably become a total wrecir. Mnriler In the First Degree. St. Louis, - Do. 24. The Jury in tti- ease of Edward J. Nugent, who has been on trial several days past for murdering his wife August 20, 1870, rendered a ver dict this morning ot murder in the hrst degree. Nugent s counsel will endeavor to appeal the case to the supreme uourt, Alleged Murderer Discharged. Chicago, Dec. 24. Governor Cullom this afternoon ordered the discharge, at Springfield, of Merrick and Gafiigan, ar rested recently on a warrant ot the laov ernor of Pennsvlvnnia for murder alleged to have been committed bv them in that State fifteen years ago. Thoroughly Killed Him. Galveston, Dec. 24. The News's spe cial lroiu Junction City, lexas, says: loin foran and Louis Temple longiitwitn pis tols. Doron killed Temple. The hitter's father pursued Doran, shooting him twice fatally, then stabbed the body eleven times and cut his throat trom ear to ear. Fire Record. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 24. The steamer J. P. Underbill burned at the wharf this morning. The names spread to the steamer Northeast and to stores on the wharf. Half a square burned, in eluding live stores, live warehouses, two steamers, two stables, five horses, one hundred hogsheads of molasses, Beven hundred tons ot coal, one thousand bar rels of rosin and a large amount of other produce, involving a loss ol i 0,000; surance $35,000. L Cleveland, Dec. 24. At 9:30 this evening a fire broke out in one of the two large barrel lactones at the Standard till Company a main works, corner ot iJroad way and Forest streets. A loss to a great amount ol valuable act mining property seemed imminent, but at present writing the hre seems to be under control, and will probably not extend beyond the build ing named. The building and contents will likely prove a total loss. As far as can be learned at present the loss will probably not exceed $10,000 or $15,000. Midnight The fire has now been com pletely subdued. Later and probably more accurate estimates place the loss at $20,000, principally confined to building anil machinery. No insurance. The factory employed one thousand men with a producing capacity of five thou sand five hundred barrels dailv. Work was temporarily suspended about a week ago on account of overstock. The cause of tho fire is unknown, suspected to be in cendiarism. Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 24. The machine shops of Hobbs Brothers, in the center of Wheeling, were totally de stroyed by hre at eleven o clock to-night. The building and machinery belonged to the Franklin Building Association, and were valued at about $05,000; insured for $40,000. The stock and patterns were owneu oy me Messrs. Hobbs, upon which there was no insurance. They were valued at $1,000. Detroit, Dec. 24. A fire atDowagiac, Michigan, destroyed the residence Jtichard ileddou. Loss $2o,UUU: in sured. Rome, N. Y., Dec. 24. The Armstrong Block burned to-day. Loss, SW.UUO; in surance, $20,000. Northwest Weather and Rnilronii. Milwaukee, Dec. 24. The tempera ture the past two days ranged from five to eight degrees below zero. V ery high wind prevailed most of the time, with a maximum velocity of forty-five miles per hour. Nearly all railroads centering here report trouble from snow drifts. The officials of the St. Paul road say to-night tncir road is again clear and trainB run ning nbout on time. The Milwaukee Di vision of the Northwestern railroad prob ably Buffered mere from drifts than any other road. Passenger trains from Chi cago due here at noon did not arrive until five p. ni. The road is now clear of drifts however, and by to-morrow trains will probably be running on time. The managers of the Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul, Chicago and Northwestern, West Wisconsin and Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads held a meeting to-day for the purpose of making the cus tomary revision ol ireight taritls tor the winter months. Entire harmony prevailed, and a tariff was agreed upon which will go- into effect as soon as the agree ment is signed by all the contractingparties. Detroit. Dec. 24. The weather in this section has, for the last few days, been ex tremely cold, the thermometer tailing as low as four degrees below zero. Snow has also fallen in large quantities. Trains on nearly all the roads centering in this city were delayed last night. The Michigan Central road was blocked west of Kala mazoo. There were no trains over the Toledo and Ann Arbor railway to-day, on account of heavy drilts between Ann Arbor and Dundee. Chicago, Dec. 24. Reports from points in the northwest show the cold is wide Bpread, the thermometer ranging from zero to thirty degrees below. The coldest weather was west of Sioux City, , In this city the range has been from four to nine teen below lor two days. WASHINGTON. the day observed. Washington, Dec. 24. All Depart ments elosed at noon to-day until lliurs-day. GET PAV FOR THEIR COTTON. The suit against the Government brought by the heirs of Stephen A. Douglass, lor certain cotton captured iy the United Slates Government in Mis sissippi during the war, and sold abandoned property, was settled finally in the Court ol Claims to-day by judgment in favor of the claimants. APCROl'RlATION BILLS. The House Appropriation committee expect to have all appropriation bills passed and sent to the Senate by February 20 at the farthest. BOSTON ASSISTANT TREASURER. E. L. Pierce. Boston, has been appoint ed Assistant Treasurer of the United States. CABINET SESSION. At the short Cabinet session no mention was made of the Berlin mission. THE MR I'EIt I'ENTH. Subscriptions to the four per cent, loan to-day, ',112,(100. Case No. 1. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24. In the United States Court, yeslerday,several par ties, arrested under indictment of the late United States Grand Jury, were on trial The first case was E. L. Moore, of Dallas county. His counsel interposed the plea that the indictment was void because some of the jury finding the indictment were in the Confederate army, and under section 820 ol the Revised (Statutes were not competent jurors. They cited a de cision of Judge Woods, this Circuit, in Louisiana, and recently m blonda Judge Bruce, of the District Court, decided that the plea was not good; that the section, although in the statutes, had been re pealed before the statutes were abolished by Congress; and the act of Congress, making all in the book the law, did not revive the repealed section. The cases were all postponed until Jhtirsday. Cincinnati Ncns. Cincinnati, Dee. 24 The Polar wove is a decided success here, this morning the thermometer standing at zero. Sev eral inches of snow on the ground. Suit has been brought in the Superior Court against Adae & Co., suspended bankers, alleging fraudulent concoalment ol property by Caroline Hernis, who had $1,000 deposited in the bank at the time of the lailure. At Dayton yesterday, in the case of the .State v. Ihe Miami canal lessees, Judge iiaynes decided in lavor ot the lessees, declaring the destruction of the Hamil ton basin, which was a material part of me cunui, so inieriereu wuu me nguis ot the lessees that they cannot be longer help; la me perlorniance ot, the Jease Went her Notes. Louisville, Dec. 24. The weather seems to be getting colder here. At day break the thermometer was below zero at noon it was ten degrees above; at 11 to-night it is only eight above. St. Louis, Dec. 24. A Kansas City dis patch says: The weather for the past week has been the severest known in that region for twenty years. Over two feet of snow covers the earth, while the mercury has been several degrees below zero. The Missouri river has been closed tor a week. Ice is a foot thick. The entire trans portation overland now is transacted by sleighs. Uood Arts lo Men. St. Louis Dec. 24. A Kansas City dis patch says a novel feature of Christmas in this city will be a grand distribution ot provisions and groceries to the poor by Mayor lieo. M. Shelly. At his sug gestion citizens generally contributed an immense amount ol edibles, and sleighs having been also prottered,the provender will to-morrow be distributed among the worthy destitute of the city. The Council Chamber, whose donations are stored, is filled to its utmost capacity, and the undertaking is thcfirst of the kind ill the city, and promises to be a most praiseworthy affair. Adulteration in Niitrars. New York, Dee. 24. President Chandler submitted to-day lo the Board of Health a report on the alleged adulteration of sugars, in which he states that in two ounces of yellow and coffee sugars he had found as much as a globule of metal. Although he does not say the quantity of adulteration of compounds is large enough to be injurious, he declares adulteration unnecessary, and stamps it as a fraud upon the public at large. Cirrleville Note. Special to the Ohio State Journal. . Circleville, Ohio, Dec. 24. James Trego, who was stabbed Saturday night last, inCoony Briner's saloon, in Canada, by Joe Willard, is still alive and will recover. It was thought Saturday night his wounds were fatal. To-morrow ofter morning service, Mr. T. K. Wittick, music teacher, leads Miss Lizzie Cook to the altar. Ntormg at Asplinvitll. Panama, Dec. 13. In a gale at AHpin-wall, the 10th inst., four vesselB were lost and the Pacific Mail Company's wharf, with other wharves, were damaged to the extent of $100,000. A previous storm interrupted for some days communication by rail and telegraph between this city and Aspinwall. The MiNNlfiNlppi Cloned. St. Louis, Dec. 24. The ice gorge at Carondelet last evening held fast, and at 11 o'clock this morning came to a standstill in the harbor here. The river now is practically closed from St. Paul to Cairo. To-day is the coldest of the season, the mercury marking six degrees below zero at 8 o'clock this morning. O'Lcary t- Co. New York, Dec. 24. At half pust ten to-day O'Leary in the six-days' pedestrian contest hadmadu 105 miles, Campana 115. The former took four hours rest last night, the latter live hours. At 1:30 O'Learv had made 113 miles, Campana 122. At 10:30 Cainpaua finished 150 miles and left the track with the intention of resting several hours. He walked the last mile with evident pain. O'Leary completed 150 miles shortly after his opponent left the track, and is still walking at midnight, Bnlihlo Blorkaded. Buffalo, Dec. 24. The storm of snow and wind continues. Railroad travel is seriously interrupted in all directions. There are now at this point one hundred and twenty cars of cattle, a hundred cars of hogs and thirty cars of sheep. The intensity of the cold prevented local dealers from moving purchases made. Travel Trouble at Iliilliilo. Buffalo, Dee. 24. It is still snowing and drifting badly and all trains aredetained. FOREIGN. Returned Bosnians Perishing from the Cold. Romer Has Been Examined and Will Leave Turkey. Fatal Boiler Explosion in Mon treal. I list less Increasing Throughout Great Britain. Hark Lane ExpreHN. London, Dec. 24. The Mark Lane Express says: The cold weather has proved salutary to winter wheat in this country and France. Farmers continue to market their wheat with some free dom, bnt notwithstanding the improved condition in offerings trade is very flat in the majority ol provincial markets, as millers are disinclined to udd to their stocks at the close of the year. An equal dullness has marked the Loudon trade. Foreign wheat, of which imports are now much smaller, has been dealt in sparingly, but despite the limited nature ol demand, business has not lacked some features ol Bteadiness, except oats, continued heavy arrivals of which cause prices to drag. All varieties of feeding corn Bold slowly at last week's conveniences, and the steadiness shown has been more apparent in the general tone of trade than in the actual amount of business transacted. Bonier Turkish Loan. Constantinople, Dec. 24. Komer has been examined both by the American Consul General and by the Porte. He is still held a prisoner. The Porte will provide him with means necessary to quit Turkey. The Porte considering the British guarantee of a further Turkish loan improbable, is discussing the possibility of obtaining an international guarantee. Commerce Treaty Vlg-oroiitt. London, Dec. 24. A dispatch from Vienna states the Austro-Italian treaty of commerce has been signed. A press telegram from Berlin says the Socialist law is being enforced with re newed seventy; seventeen publications have been prohibited in Leipsic alone. Promoted The Poor DlfltresH. London, Dec. 24. Dnrkee, of Edin- burg, is about to be promoted to be Rear Admiral. Ten thousand pounds are required for the sick and hungry of Sheffield. Severe weather continues throughout the king dom and distress increases. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Montreal, Dec. 24. The boiler in the Dominion Company's paper mills at Kin-sey exploded to-day, almost destroying the building. A number of persons in jured; two men missing. Gainbetln's Idean. Paris, Dec. 24. Gambetta, speaking at a banquet to-nigh, anticipated a Kepub lican majority of twenty-five in the Sen ate, and said the duty of the Republic would be to solidify its own party and govern the others. The Ameer Heurd From. Pesth, Dec. 24. A St. Petersburg dis patch says the Ameer of Afghanistan and a portion of the Russian mission have already passed the frontier, en route for 'n..i.i.: i A MEIIIILIUU. Pcrlfthiiiij; 1'roin Cold. London. Dec. 24. A Vienna disuati says forty per cent, of the Bosnians who returned to their homes will have per ished by spring, if the weather does not moderate. Don't Like It. Rome, Dec. 24. The Italian Consul at Cvurus has protested against the suspen sion of hia Consular jurisdiction, and refuses to apply for British exequator. A MndCnp Neare. Copenhagen, Dec. 24. The writer of the letter threatening the King with assassination proves to be insane. Mr. Buck Resigns. New Orleans, Dec. 24. Samuel 11. Buck has tendered his resignation as Secretary of the National Cotton Exchange of America to take effect January 1, that his entire attention may be devoted to his private business. ( BY MAU. AND TELEGRAPH. Nearly 1,000,000 barrels of flour have been received at Huft'alo during the past season. And now it turns out that there is no money for the Blaine committee to work with. By another of those egregious clerical blunders a word in the bill supposed to cover the needs of this case was misprinted, and so the machinery has to stop. General Sherman has written a letter to Senator Burnside, chairman of the joint committee on Army Reorganization, in which he endorses the proposed bill substantially, aud thinks if it passes it will give a better military code than has existed Bince 1834. Two young men of Baltimore, Wood Hinds and Vm. M. James, on Monday engaged in a most desperate hand to hand shooting, at only five feet distance from each other. Each emptied his revolver at the other, and each wounded the other with three bullets. Hinds is probably fatally wounded. Hinds made the attack, charging that James had ruined his sister, which the latter denies. On a Grand Trunk railway train, near Ridgeway, Michigan, . last Thursday night, Walter Storms was attacked by a man named Crabb, while standing on the rear platform of the rear car. Storms's throat was cut, he was robbed of $600 and thrown off the car. He fell in a snow bank, and crawled to a farm house, where medical aid was obtained, but he is not expected to recover. His assailant waB a gambler, and it is suspected that Storms was his partner, and that the tragedy was the result of a quarrel about money. Ohio. Mrs. John Robinson, wife of the well known circus manager, died in Cincinnati yesterday. Richards, the murderer of the Harelson family, and who is now under arrest at Slcubenville, confesses to having committed nine murders. Robert Williams, a much respected young man of Tuscarawas county, was drowned while crossing a creek in returning from a party Thursday night last. Miss Clara Cummins, a school teacher in the Marysvillc public schools, had her pocket-book, containing some $25, taken from her pocket while getting off the cars at Delaware on Saturday last. Mrs. John McKnight, of Zanesville, on Monday left her house in charge of a six-year old little daughter for a few minutes; but when she returned she found the little girl in the yard, bo badly burned that she lived but a few hours. In the death of Sfra. Eliza Moorehoiise, at Springfield, said to have died from injuries received in fulling down stairs, the post mortem examination is said to have established the fact that the wounds on the head were not received in the fall. Millnil Valley anil Columbus Riillroiid. To (lie Mltor of the Ohio Slate Journal: JIarwsburg, O., Dec. 23 The meeting advertised for this place to-day in the interests of the Miami Valley and Columbus railway, was a grand success. At two o'clock p. in. the audience was called to order by Mayor Smith, and John S. Young, Esq., chosen Chairman, with Doctor Ed. Morgan and J. W. Tiinmons as Secretaries. After an elo quent address from the Chairman, follow ed by a full report of the financial stand ing ot the Company, with energetic anu well timed apjieahi from President Gatch of the road, the required amount of stock at this place was nearly all subscribed. There being parties of known ability yet in the neighborhood, a committee of some of the most energetic of our citizens were appointed to wait upon them and report on Saturday the 28th, when there ia no doubt the quota will be filled. We have never had the pleasure ot witnessing so enthusiastic and determined a meeting. The road will be contracted as advertised from here to Wavnesvule on next Monday, the 30th infit. ' Mnrlou Mailer. To Ibe Editor of tha Ohio State Journal : Marion- O., Dec. 24j-The snow is about ten inches deep, on a solid foundation, making good sleighing. This morning, the coldest of the winter so far, the mercury was ten degrees below 'zero eighty-five degrees colder than one year ago to-day at UM. m. i he schools have closed lor two weeks. The big bullock which tookthe first iremium at the Wyandot county fair last all has been slaBithtered here for Christ mas meat. Its gross weight, was 2,550 pounds. The recent accident ou the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad near Caledonia, proves to nave been more disastrous than at first 'supposed. A large number of hogs were killed, and engines and ears were niucli ttam- ged. Miss Beiber. aged about sixteen years. daughter of Peter S. Beiber, died Sunday morning of quick consumption. There is talk here of Charles Foster for Governor and General James H. God-man for Lieutenant Governor. . , The Art or Cooking-. The Housekeeper. ' The science and art of cooking may be divided into a few principal parts; the rest is all fancy. TheBe partB are baking, boiling, broiling, trying, roasting, seasoning, simmering and stewing, lasting is an adjunct to all. - Bakina. In baking.see that the furnace or oven iB properly heated; some dishes require more heat than others. Look at the obiect in process of baking from time to time, and especially at the beginning; turn it round, if necessary, in case it be heated more ou one side than the other, to prevent burning. In baking meat and hsli, besides keeping ine uoiiom oi me pan covered with broth or water, place a piece of buttered paper over the object in the pan. It not only prevents it from burning, but acts aB a self-basting operation, and keeps the top moist and juicy. If a top of a cake bakes faster than the rest, place a piece of paper on it. Boilimj. This ia the most abused branch in cooking. We know that many well meaning housewivefl, and even professional cooks, boil things that ought to be prepared otherwise,, with a view to economy, but a great many do it through laziness. Boiling requires as much care as anv other branch, but they do not think so, and therefore indulge in it. Another abuse ia to boil fast instead of slowly. Set a small oceau of water on a brisk fire and boil something in it as fast as you can; you make much steam bnt do not cook faster, tho degree of heat being the same as if you were boiling slowly. If the object yon boil, and especially boil fast, contains any flavor you evaDorate it. and cannot bring it back. Many things are spoiled or partly destroyed bv Doiline. such as meats, coffee, etc. Water that lias been boiled is in ferior for cooking purposes, its gases and allrnli Violnt ovon..rnt(l . Broiliny. Whatever you Tiroii, grease the bars of the gridiron first, ironing and roasing ore the same thing; tne object in process of cooking by either must be exposed to the neat on one siue anu me other side to the air. Bear in mind that no one can broil or roast in an oven, whatever be its construction, its process of heating, or its kind of heat. An object cooked in an oven is baked. It is better to broil before than over a lire. In broiling before the fire all the juice can be saved. In broiling by gas there is a great advantage. The meat is placed under the heat, and as the heat draws the juice of the meat, the consequence is' that the juice being attracted upward is retained in the meat. A gaB broiler is a square, flat drum, perforated on one side and placed over a frame. Broiling on live coals or on embers withditt a gridiron is certainly not better than with one, as believed by many ; on the contrary, besides not being very clean, it bums or chars part of the meat. That belief comes of the fact that when they partook of meat prepared in that way, it was with a sauce that generally accompanies hunters, fishermen, etc., hunger, the most savory of all savory sauces. The Treatment of Bums. Further experiment and reflection led Dr. Waters to the conclusion that pressure upon the nerves is the cause of the pain in burns. He says: "Heat contracts albumen, hardens, stiffens, and thus closes the pores and produces pressure upon the nerves. The application of biearbonate of soda gives its quick relief by dissolving or softening the albumen in or surrounding the pores, and, allowing the restrained contents to escape, relieves the pressure. That the1 pain is due to pressure is shown by the foct that position is all important' in giving relief. If the burnt limb is poised so that the blood will gravitate toward the heart, the relief from pain after applying the alkali iB more complete than with the limb in other positions. The practical directions for the treatment are then summarized as follows: My treatment is to apply to the burned surface bicarbonate of soda in fine powder, if it is a wet surface; but if it is a dry burn, use a paste of bicarbonate of soda and water, or a strong solution of the bicarbonate of soda in water, and apply to the burned surface. This relieves Bunburns as well as burns from hot coals, melted sulphur, hot iron, steam, etc. Al-ways'dispose the burned surface so that the blood can gravitate toward the heart if possible, as otherwise a continuous pain may be felt, due to the dilation of the blood vessels from the weight of tho contained blood. If bicarbonate of soda is not at hand, bicarbonate of potash is the next best. Then the emulsion of lime water and oil makes a good dressing where the skin is broken. But vaseline is preferable, as there is no odor from it, and it is quite as bland. California Benr Hunters. Hcaldshurg Enterprise-! During the past few weeks Joel Ragan has killed three bears in the mountains near Heaklsburg, and Slyvester Scott has killed five. Mr. Ragan killed one of the largest that has been seen in the mountains for a long time. Scott is perhaps the most successful bear hunter in California. He has a pack of twenty-five hounds, and seldom fails to get Bruin when once upon his track. Some English tourists are now hunting with him, for Scott's reputation extends even outside the State. This week David Hopper, another great bear hunter, but now almost ou the retired list, went out to Aaron Hassett's ranch to hunt a bear that had been killing Mr. Hassett's sheep. On Monday morning, accompanied by George Kanago, Charles Brown and "Missouri Jim," Mr. Hopper started on the hunt, found the track anil followed it about two miles to the headwaters of Austin Creek, the chase lasting till one o'clock in the afternoon, when Bruin came within thirty yards of Kanago, who let hiin have fourteen buckshot and brought him down. It was a brown bear, weighing about six hundred pounds and cut three inches of fat in the thickest part. A HINT TO DRINKERS. Wlinf. May be Naved by Turning; Your Wives Into Barkeepers. . T. C. Caiupliell's Lecture ut Maysville, Ky. Some one asks how the barrooms can be closed. Barrooms are not kept for amusement. There is not a man in the State who would keep a bar if there was no hope for a profit. Let every man who lias brains enough to attend to his own business determine not to drink at a bar, and the barrooms will soon be closed. Men who are ashamed of their habits of drinking, aud who must have a screen to hide them, will not often have an opportunity to drink elsewhere, and one great step in the temperance reform will have been taken. Barkeepers in this city pay, on an average, $2 per gallon for whisky. One gallon contains an average of sixty-five drinks, and at ten centsa drink the poor man pays six dollars and a half per gallon for his whisky. In other words, he pays $2 for the whisky and $4.50 to a man for handing it over a bar. While it would be better for all not to drink, some men will have whisky, and my advice to them is this: Make your wife your barkeeper. Lend her $2 to buy a gallon of whisky for a beginning' iiid every time you want a drink go fcj'iier and pay ten cents for it. )f fhc time you have drank a gallon she-will have 0.50, or enough money lo refund the $2 borrowed of you, to pay for another gallon of liquor, and have a balance of $2.50. Sho will be able to conduct future operations on her own capital, and when you become an inebriate, unable to support yourself, shunned and despised by respectable people, your wife will have enough money to keep you until you get ready to fill a drunkard's grave. But had you paid all this money to a barkeeper, he would not have given a cent to bury yon, or a crust of bread to keep your cniitiren irom siurving. Few people ever stop to calculate the cost of dram drinking. At ten cents per drink, one drink per day will cost $30.50 per year, two drinks per day w cost73. three drinks ifiiiy.ou, ami four drinks $144 per year. A man came to me the other dav to pay the interest on a note for $100 I hold against him. Said he. "1 onlv receive $IjOO a year, and with a family to support I am not able to iiav mv debts." 1 asked him to take a pencil, to make a slight calculation for me, and then asked him how often he drank at a bar. His average was three drinks per day, which, by his own calcu lation, amounted to Tiir-i.iiu, or enough to have paid both principal and interest of the note, and have $1.50 left. He was astonished 'at this discovery, and is now determined to never drink at a bar again. Her MnicMy. New York Graphic Queen Victoria will have completed her sixtieth year should she live until May 24, 1879. On the 28th of June last she celebrated the fortieth anniversary of her coronation. She succeeded to the crown on the 20th of June, 1837, but was not crowned for a year and a week afterward. Egbert, the first King of all England, ascended tho throne in 82, exactly 1,01U years Delore yueen Victoria s ascension, ut all the sover eigns of Enclaiid George HI reigned the longest, nearly 00 years, from 1 700 to 1820. His later years, as is well known, were clouded with insanity. He reigned but did not rule. Henry VIII reigned 66 years, from 1216 to 1272. Edward III reigned 50 years, from 1327 to 1377. Queen Elizabeth reigned 45 years, Irom loua to luua. Alio snouiu Queen Victoria die at the present moment, her reign would rank alter that of Elizabeth that is, the fifth in length in ten centuries and a half. The combined length of the reigns of these five sovereigns is 251 years that is, a little less than one-fourth of the whole period. It is well known that the Queen's health has been anything but robust tor some years past. The shock caused by tho death of Princess Alice, to whom her majesty was tenderly attached, may have a disastrous eflect. The Queen mnv survive her affliction, and she ma v. and we hope she will, live on for years lo come, out then sue may not. iter health may give wav at any moment And what then ? The Prince of Wales would ascend the throne without an outbreak. The Republican movement in England may not be dead, but it is sleeping soundly, cradlaugti is atteiiu- ing to his numerous lawsuits, while Odger is dead, and his "mates," who were never going to permit the easygoing Prince to ascend the throne, would ne powerless even to protest. The Prince has outgrown many of his youthful tollies, lherewouldbealresh outburst of loyalty on his ascension. But it would be a little singular to see what part he would take in the development of personal government to which the energies of the Earl of Beaconsfield have been devoted since the conservatives came into power. That a man in the prime of life would not be as plastic in tho hands of Beaconsfield as an estimable lady, who holds aloof from the world and perhaps is easily flattered, is certain, lint a King tikes to govern as well as reign, and we may be certain that a public officer, whether king or constable, will not be apt to quarrel with any one aiming at magni fying Ins olhce. Child Miirriag-ON. A number of Hindoo youths have lately united in an expression of opinion which young Americans might adopt with great benefit to themselves and the race. These boys, all students of Calcutta, having noted the evil ellects ot marriage at the very cany age at which it is allowed in India, have mib- licly declared their intention to defer the contracting ot matrimonial relations until maturity. If the young men of America were to make a similar declaration, the question would hang upon whatever constitutes maturity, and on tins subject there is reason lor considerable change in the accepted standard. Maturity certainly implies the possession of common sense; but how much sense is there in the habit, peculiar to young people in America more than anywhere else, of marrying without any provision for the future? Fully nine-tenths of our newly married couples are dependent upon salaried positions which may be lost at any moment, or upon trades which any year may become as languid as many others are at the present time. As fors'avings, accumulations of previous earnings, upon which to live in case of loss of employment or of sickness, our young people know scarcely anything about them. Love in a cottage is doubtless very delightful, but starving in a garret unpaid for is not, and this hitter is what a great many hiving but rashly married couples are doing at present, according to the visitors of the poor, and, worse still, their misery is being shared by some helpless little beings who had no part in the original blunder. Such ill-considered unions are "child-marriages" in the worst sense of the term, for years and stature are not the true standards of maturity. Because the law, despairing generally of regulating the relations of the sexes, imposes no material restrictions upon marriage of persons of adult age, it does not follow that the contracting parties have a right to cast prudence to the winds and make mere incantations the excuse for bringing wretchedness upon themselves and their offspring' and imposing paupers, vulgar or genteel' upon society. A Vood Ktnry About the Old Wills; Bays. A good story of the davs of William Henry Harrison and log-cabins, hard cider and coon skins conies from "way down in Maine." John Fairfield was then Governor and Hannibal Hamlin was Speaker of the House. The good and aged wife of one of the large farmers of that day was a radical politician, and a warm admirer of Governor Fairfield. One of her sons was a mes senger to the Governor, and in token of her regard ana gratitude she made a monster cheese weighing several hun dred pounds, and sent it to the Execu tive Mansion. In order to give the matter publicity the Governor sent the cheese to the House, asking that it be cut up and n piece given to each member of the Legislature. A day was fixed tor the least, lo the great surprise ot the Democrats an ardent Whig offered to furnish a barrel of hard cider and some brown bread to go with the cheese. On the appointed day the board was spread and the great cheese was cut. urown Dread and hind cider added to the relish with which the law-givers con sumed the old lady's gift. Promptly at the expiration ot the allotted time lor the festival Hannibal Hamlin called the House to order. Twenty Democrats were on their feet at once, shouting, "Mr. Speakerl Mr. Speaker!" Loud sounded the Speaker's gavel, and louder came the cries of the twenty voices. Contusion orevailed. and the voice of the Speaker grew hoarse and faint. Uiscourageu in lus eltorts to restore order, he put a motion to adjourn. Faint "yeas were heard, but the raging "noes came after them like 'a tempest. With a hundred voices shouting "no" the Speaker left the desk in despair. Then was given the cause for the wild commotion. These twenty men had partaken freely of the hard cider, and as some log-cabin Whig had added to the cider a plentiful supply of brandy, it had intoxicated them. Mules for Farm Work. We incline to the belief that mules are preferable to horses for farm work, for the following reasons: L They cost less in every way. They eat less grain, are less particular about their food, and require less grooming than horses. All tins requires time and money, and to the wide-awake farmer time is money. 2. They mature earlier. A mule at three years is every bit as good as a horse at four years. The farmer saves a year's interest ou the capital invested on his beast, to say nothing of a year's feed, for every mule he raises and breaks. 3. They are more easily broken than horses, and when properly broken and properly treated are quite as gentle. Of course, the popular impression is just to the contrary, but the popular impression is as wrong in Ibis case as it is in so many others. An ordinary mule may be broken as well in nno dav as an ordi nary horse in two weeks. In most cases all that is necessary is to hitch him up beside a well-broken mule or a steady horse, and set him to work. Whenonce properly broken he is less given to vari ous tricks like kicking in harness and running away than a horse. He is safer for women and children. 4. A mule will do one-third more hard work and will draw heavier loads than a horse. True, if too much imnosed on he will balk so will a horse. There io nn mow need nf hnvinp; a hnllry mule than a horse. Moreover, a mule a aver age working life is at least twenty-five years double that of a horse. In short, one mule will do more work than two horses, and cost less than one. We know farmers in this State who have used nothing but mules for work ing teams for many years, and who could nol. be inducpd to use nnvthimr else. Some of them keep a span of fine horses for driving, but one tarmer is so enthusiastic on the mule subject that he will not keep a horse on his place. He has a line mule-team large, solid, glossy brown fellows, nnd, apart from their long ears, they are as handsome as any team ol horses in Ins country. Edwin Booth On the Bmuia. The Christmas number of the Christian Union contains the following letter from Edwin Booth, sent in reply to a request irom the editor lor an article upon the drama: Dear Sir On my arrival here found your favor of 1st inst., but have been prevented from answering it until lo-day. Having no literary ability whatever, 1 must decline your nattering invita tion; nor do I know how to aid the worthy cause you advocate ; could I do so, be assured it should be ireety done. My knowledge of the modern drama is so very meagre that I never permit my wife or daughter to witness a play without previously ascertaining its character. This is the method I pur sue; I can suggest no other, unless it might be by means of a "dramatic censor," whose taste or judgment might, however, be frequently at fault. If the management of theaters could be denied to speculators and placed in the hands ot actors who value their reputation and respect their calling, the stage would at least afford healthy re creation, it not, indeed, a wholesome stimulus to the exercise of noble sentiments. But while the theater is permitted to be a mere shop for gain- open to every huckster of immortal ginicracks there is no other way to discriminate between the pure and base than through the experience of others. Yours truly, H-dwin booth Nutmegs Nutmegs grow on trees which look liko pear trees, and are generally over twenty feet high. The flowers are very much like the lily of the valley. They are pale yellow, and very fragrant. The nutmeg is tho seed of the fruit, and the mace is the thin covering over this seed. The trait is about as large as a peach When ripe it breaks open and shows the little nut inside. The trees grow on tho islands of Asia, and in tropical America. They bear fruit for seventy or eighty years, having ripe fruit upon them at all seasons. A fine tree in Jamaica has over a thousand nutmegs on it yearly. The Dutch used to have all the nutmeg trade, as they owned the Banda Islands, and conquered all the other traders, and destroyed the trees. To keep the price up, they once burned three piles of nutmegs, each of which was as large as a church. Nature did not sympathize with such meanness. The nutmeg pigeon, found in all the Indian Islands, did for the world what the Dutch had determined should not be done; carried those nuts, which are her food; into all the surrounding countries, and trees grew again, and the world has the benefit. Gould's Great Games. The Railway Age has apparently caught the idea that Gould is often abused for jobs in which he is in no manner connected. The Age says : "We beg to assure, our alarmed granger friends, in advance, that the report which may lie expected from Wall street, that Mr. Jay Gouldhas purchased the New York Central, Erie, Pennsyl vania, liaitnnore and Uluo, Lake bhore. Michigan Central, Canada Southern, Northwestern, Rock Island, Burlington and Quiney, and Union, Central, North ern and Southern Pacific roads, and has also secured an absolute monopoly of the Erie canal and tho great lakes, and will immediately raise passenger rates to $1 per mile, and rates oil corn to $13 a bushel from Chicago to New York, is not fully verified. The greatest vigilance, however, is demanded on the part of the press and the Legislatures to prevent such a diabolical scheme from being suddenly sprung upon us." - A Case of a Pig. Some one Bhould gather the late Mr. Lincoln's jokes and make them into a book. The following he used to tell on Tom Hainer, of Ohio. Mr. Hamer's client was charged with hog stealing. The case was clearly proven, mid when it went to the jury Tom was indisposed to say a word : "Don't give it up, don't give it up," whispered the client. "But I can say nothing," replied the poor attorney. "But you must. Get up and yowl-holler, holler, man, or I'm lost, and I won't pay you a d d cent." Thus instigated, Tom rose gravely and astonished the court by a dissertation on the laws of forcible entry and detainer. Then, turning to his jury, be gave them a discourse on the nature and habitsof liogB. He called attention to the prohibition of God, through Moses, of nog meat as an article of food. Ho told how our Savior put the devil that afflicted the poor man into the swine, and the swine ran down a steep place and were drowned. But Tom asserted, however, that all were not drowned, but some escaping, gradually extended the breed of damned hogs "for," said Torn, "if thev are possessed ot the devil they must be damned" until all the hogs of earth had devils in them. "Let any man owning a corn-field or a garden-patch answer, demanded Hamer. "Is there a fence that will turn a damned hog, gentlemen of the jury? Isaynolone. It will find ahole ll there is one; it not, it will make one, It rattles down bars and lifts gates oil their hinges. 1 nave known nogs climb fences; yes, gentlemen, clamber up and fall down, but always fall on the garden side. The devil teaches them anatomy, gentlemen, for who ever heard of a hog falling on his snout? He always comes down on his rump, with a grunt; that is a mingled expression of surprise and satisfaction. When a damned hog re member, gentlemen, that I quote Scripture; I am not profane when say, a damned nog gets under your buggy he does not run out of the wav like a sensible Christian animal ; ne on the contrary goes to backing and get ting under every leg ot the horse and wheel of the buggy, until the one is broken and the other thrown down. Now, gentlemen, I put it to you: Sup pose my client did kill, under the mistaken notion that they were his, six of these creatures denounced by the Almighty and damned bv Jesus, is he to be held up as a malefactor and punished by imprisonment? tsut i deny, gentlemen, that it has been proven. He is innocent. The prosecuting attorney smiles. It is a swinish smile, gentlemen, and makes me ashamed of him." Hainer sat down with a round of applause from the bucolic bystanders, while his client winked at the jury. In due course of legal forms the jury re tired, and soon returned with a verdict of "not guilty." "Well, I'll bed daswellasthehogs," exclaimed Hamer, "if I can undt stand it." "You can't, eh?" responded the hog thief; "well, I can. Eleven of the jury had some of the bacon." Eufermented Bread. It is a question often asked, why bread baked in Edinburgh should be so much better than the London bread, and the produce of the French ovens so much better than either. Others we have heard remark that there is no bread equal to the Belgian. Now, supposing the flour to be the same in all, there can be no doubt that the difference must be ascribed to the variable oimli ties of the yeast employed in the differ ent countries. But the circumstance has become a philosophical question; and, for the future, it is the fault of the inhabitants of the least favored yeast district it they do not obtain bread quite as good as their liegnhors, This can lie easily managed by not using yeast at all, but such of its constituents, readily procured irom the next chemist, on which its fermenting property depends; anu tins application ot science to do mestic purposea will, we believe ere long, become generally acted ution The formula given is as follows: Take of flourlthree pounds avordupois; bicar bonate of soda in powder, four drachms; hydrochloric or muriatic acid, five fluid drachms; water, about twenty-six fluid ounces ; common table salt, three drachms. Bread made in these propor tions contain nothing but Hour, salt and water; for the proportions of soda and muriatic acid used are those wlnch-chemically combined, make com mon salt. The ingredients should be well mixed together; the soda and flour first, which is best done by passing the former through a fine sieve, and stirring it well into the flour with the hand ; the salt should be next dissolved and added to the acid (a wood en or glass rod being used to mix thorn i the whole should be thrown together, and kneaded as thoroughly and speedily as possible. The dough thus made should be baked in long tins, and is suf ficient to make two loaves. About one hour and a half is required in baking. This bread is well tasted, lighter, and more digestible than bread baked with yeast, and is less acesent. There cannot be a question that the unyeasted bread is more to be depended on for the sick chamber or the use ot the dvsp and must, of course, be more safe and wholesome for the public at large. Fantail Pigeons. While there are hundreds of youth who may take especial delight in caring for a few choice pigeons, a Targe majori ty ot our poultry fanciers breed lancy pigeons lor sale, and nnd much pleasure as well as profit, in doing so. Unlike poultry, several varieties can be bred in the same house or room, when once properly mated, though it occasionally happens that they have to be remitted. for some wayward cock may take a fancy to a hen of another kind and desert his own. Like the breeding oi poultry, in breeding pigeons there seems to be one particular breed which, while it may not lie so regarded in a fancy point ot view, by regular breeders, is bred largely in excess of the other kinds. It is the fan-tail, more particularly the while fantail, which seems to please the eye of those about to invest in a few fancy pigeons, for they are very showy when well bred specimens, and are held at a moderate price compared to the prices asked and readily obtained for many other varieties.In white ianl.iil-i there are the smooth head or plain and the crested one, the latter usually sidling rather better in some sections. Then we have the black, the yellow and several kinds of mottled fant'ails, all of which are really handsome. Their glory is undoubtedly in their tails, which should be largefun and well spread, while the bird should have a proud, haughty carriage, the head and tail nearly meeting when the bird is out on dress parade. One great trouble with pigeon breeders, more especially thoe whose time and attention HARRIED. Bettes Archki! -Kv Rev. S. P. Huts-inpiller, December 24.'1S78. nt the resi dence of the bride's father, corner Mound aud Front streets, Mr. J. M. Bettes, of Georgesville, and Miss Mahy E. Archer, of Columbus. FlTTRO WELCH At the residence of John Logan, December 2-1, 1878, by Rev. a. u. liutsinpuier, .Mr. David r ITTRO and Miss Emma L. Vi ulch, all of Columbus. New Advertisements. MUST GO! Wo do not intend ( curry over a single urlirle of our Holiday Stock, and have inntle prices no low Unit we l uimol I'uil lo elonie out the whole lot bclovc New Years. We Mtill have lei't a liiiig-nilieeut asraortiiient ol" NovellieN, and advise all to full vtliile Hie selection is good. HALM, BELLOWS & BUTLER, No, llll '.V 19C N. HIGH Ml. dc2j St 1 4p "THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT." By H. I STANLEY, The only complete nrcount 01 Stanley's wonderful exploration vi the gn.'tit African likt'B ami the Itiver Congo, from Its source to tlie Atltiiitic, ul-ltalietl by Hamper, and w sold llirougli Canvassc-is only. It Is In two umgn ill cent volumes, profusely illustiatetlfroii. Sinnley'sowiifila'lciVs, with un appended table (from his diary) ot' hU 1,000 duy' wandering over a distanceo! T,l."8 iiiih'B, aud will lie found lo bo Die must popular subi-rlpltoli hook of t lie year. Parties whom the canvasser lai lb to see limy write to If. W. Diiidv & Co., ColutiiliHM, Ohio, nnd Ihe agent will be directed to call. Address H. W. DERBY & CO., General A gent , CmIiiiiiIimm. Ohio. A Snitalile Holiiay Present! N'OMOKK HIJJTAHLE OK DEalKA-BLE Holiday Present lor the price, van be made than a years' subscription; to The Weekly Ohio State Journal, And the accompanying ALMANAC, tiend it to friends living' in the country, or to your sons and daughters who have moved to the far West, and who are anxious for news from home. Remember, only One UoIIhi' a year, poi'.age paid. (U-24 If ZETTLERHOUSE. HIK. CHKINTIAX SMI A Alt WISI1KSTO INFORM HIS FRIENDS AND the Traveling Public, that he bad taken charge of tbeabuvo House, and proponetj to make it a First Unas Hotel. Mr. Mehaub is an experienced Hotel proprietor, and has tbu reputation of taking care ot travelers. Mr. Theodore ...audieii, tov many years connected with the ronrodi ttoTct, wtll have ttie superin-tendeneyot the Houae, and will lu pleased to see his old lrh-nds. ... Aly stabling Ufcommodfitfons are among the beat and I hare employed tfiml hoatiera. ocllu.Hin 1 4p OHHISTIAN .St II A AH, Prop'r. GEORGE H. ELLIOTT, Oculist Optician, 4B.N0RTH HIGH ST..McCune Block, COLUMBUS, 0 mREATS ALL OPTICAL DEFECTS OK A. the Eye. Spectacles fitted after scientific measurement of the defects. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to S p. m. mr:l(i d ht-lpaw ly ALEXANDER HOUSTON, COLUMBUS TOKACCO AUENCY Storage and Commission Merchant, 1S9 Sonlli II lull Street, sep28 1 ll. iim COI.D.1I IIUM, . is taken up with other matters demanding their presence from home, is a want of cleanliness. Cleanliness should lie observed in every particular, if you wish the birds to thrive, and by all means make ample provision for keeping the rats out of the house, for not only will they eat the squabs with a keen relish, being very fond of such tender, juicy food, but will sometimes attack the old ones at night, destroying valuable birds which often cannot readily be replaced. In feeding pigeons, it is well to vary the food, feeding entirely on corn being injurious. Stale bread, cracked corn, wheat, oats, wheat screenings, together with some lettuce or cabbage, all are good for pigeons, and they should be kept supplied with plenty of gravel to aid them in their work of digestion. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to urge the importance of giving them an abundance of fresh, pure water regularly. Poultry Monthly. Nimiiy Itooms. I told a neighbor, lately, that the chief objection I had to a house under consideration as our future residence, was that I feared that the sun would not shine into the rooms enough to suit me. She laughed as though that was a new-idea to her, and quito whimsical. The blinds on the house were not objectionable, as I should 'leave them open, except on rare occasions. But the wide verandas on the east and south sides would totally exclude the friendly sunbeams from the common sitting room. Even in summer I should not like that, as there are many cold days when sunshine is far better than a fire. My neighbor said that it always made her feel nervous to have the sun shine directly into her rooms. Now sunshine is one of the best remedies for nervousness, but I understand my neighbor lo mean that the prying sunshine searching out every speck of dust and tiny cobweb before concealed by habitual shade, made her feel uneasy. Moreover the colors of the carpel must be preserved, and sunshine fades them. And so my neighbor pays the doctor for her medicine instead of taking it as a free gift from Heaven in the bright sunshine and pure air for 1 think she dreads air as much as sunshine, except when she goes out doors occasionally to get them. I like a broad piazza or generous porches about my house, but I want my windows free from even too much curtain. Unless in hot weather, when almost anything ails yon, and you feel disinclined to out door exercise.'the best thing you can do is to sit down in the broail smile of a sunny window and let the sunbeams put new life into you. If your feet are cold, the sun will warm them more thoroughly and permanently than a fire, especially if you take oil' your shoes and put your feet upon a stool or chair in the full sunshine. For neuralgia I know nothing better, in connection with fasting from one or two meals, than to lie in the lull iinslnne, all but the top of your head, which may be protected; cover up warm ll the room is cold, but let everything about your body be loose and well aired. American A nricttHiiriit.

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COMLY, FRANCISCO & CO. r-UHMflirKnA and ertopHtrcroiw. A, W. FIUXCISCO, General Manager. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. m SUPPLEMENT. A RARE CHANCE. Stutter's Columbus and the Weekly Ohio State Journal (with "Almanac and Fire side Companion " ) one year for Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents. Note As the publishers of the Omo State Journal bought all of the edition that remained after subscribers were supplied, this is now the only way to gel 8 copy of Winder's Columbus, Send In your names before it is too lute. Indications fur the Ohio Valley North-' west with backing to southwest winch, falling bai'OMter, xliyhtly warmer clear weather. Qoi.D elosed in New 'ork yesterday at 100. ' no papkiTto-ihorrow. This is the holiday of the year. The world lays off its working harness!, and embraces the occasion to relax. We have no disposition to bo eccentric or singular. We join the throng of merry makers, and " take a day oft'." Hence no paper will be issued from this office to-morrow morning. The Blaine Committee. The following explanation bIiows how the Blaine investigating committee cornea to be without funds: Judge Porter, First Comptroller of the Treasury, to-day decided that the $20,000 appropriated at the lust session of Congress to defray the expenses of any Senate committee that might be appointed to investigate the electoaal fraud, can not be nsed to defray the expense of the Blaine investigating committee. The sum was appropriated in an amendment appropriating $20,000 for the use of the Potter committee. The amendment was offered by Senator Edmunds, anil provided that the sum of $30,-000 be appropriated to the contingent fund of the Senate to be used to defray the expenses of such investigation as has been ordered or may hereauer be onlereu by the Senate. Tn engrossing this amendment the word "such" was written "said," and as the first part ol the orient al resolution referred to the Presi dential Election Investigators, Comptroller Porter holds Ihat the word "said" must be regarded as also referring to said election and not to any other. This decision leaves the Blaine committee with out a cent of money to pay the necessary expenses. It is now thought that thecom mittee will have to wait for Congress to make an appropriation before beginning their investigation, unless a. way can be found to draw upon the regular contingent fund of the hennte lor money to meet the expense of the 'committee until Congress meets. The resolution appointing the committee does not authorize the use of the contingent fund, it being supposed ttiat the committee would make use of the $20,000 appropriated last ses sion. Jltere are grounds for suspicion tliattlieerror in engrossing Mr. Edmunds's resolution was not altogether accidental. The Cipher Dispnlclies. A Washington special to the Cincinnati Times of last evening says: Since the recess of Congress several Ke- publican leaders have been in consultation regarding the proposed investigation of cipher dispatches, and have come to the conclusion not lo take the initiative, but let the responsibility rest with the Democrats, as the latter were directly affected by the exposures. The Republicans considered that if they did not want to accept the verdict ot the country re garding them, thev could ask for an in vestigation by the Potter committee. It is about settled that the Democratic leaders do not intend to move in the matter, but will endeavor to let the disclosures die out. Acre, of 1'iireoiia. Forty acres of pigeons roost nightly in the Indian Territory about fifty miles soutnwest ot joplin, Mo. The hunter spend the night in the wood and kil with shotguns and clubs till morning When thev load WHcrnna with tlm ldrrl and drive away to sell the pigcona at from 10 cents to 25 cents a dozen. Scores of wagon loads have thus been uisposea ot, still there is no appnrei diminution in the number of the bird nor do they tail to return nightly their roast. to Kva Leroy, formerly of Cleveluiid, was so frozen near Rogers City, Michigan, that she died. She was a prostitute, and Deing lurneu out ot house and home, without money, attempted to walk from Alphena to Rogers City, but became ex hausted, leu and froze. BY TELEGRAPH TO 'Villi OHIO STATE JOURNAL. CRIME AND CASUALTY. Nugent Found Guilty of Murder in the First Degree. Texas Tacticians Get in their . Usual Killing. Destructive Fires Yesterday and Last Night. Kentucky Pension Paper Forgers ... Nabbed. Nine Times Murderer. Cincinnati, Dec. 24. Stephen D. Richards, who is now being conveyed to Kearney, Nebraska, to answer the charge of the murder of the Harelson family, has made a full confession, acknowledging to have committed nine murders within the last three years. One man with whom he had an altercation at Sand Hill, Nebraska, name unknown. Him he shot through the head. The next was that of Mrs. Hurelson and three children, last October, at Kearney, Nebraska. This murder was committed for the purpose of obtaining possession of her farm. But the neigh-bora discredited his story that Mrs. Harelson had gone to Texas, and searched, finding her body under a straw "tack. Richards, however, had escaped to Ohio. He also murdered a Swede named Ander son, whom he was assisting to put up a house at Kearney. The Sheriffs of Kearnev and Buffalo counties, who are con veying Richards to Nebraska, state their belief that Richards belongs to a gang of outlaws and cut-throats that intest that region. Pension Forgers Taken In. LorisviLl.E, Dec. 24. A special dispatch from Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, to the Courier-Journal says David O. Gibson, his two sons William V. and ilinmas v. Gibson, and Samuel P. Moore, arrived there this evening in charge ol two Deputy United States Marshals. Thev are charged with forgery under the pen sion laws ol the United mates, for sev eral years they havs been acting as United States Pension agents in Rock Castle county, and have drawn from the United states Treasury more than $1U,U0U on false vouchers and arc also charged with having drawn money for pensioners who had been dead for years. I hese irregu larities have lieen going on tor several years, but were not discovered until re cently. Held In Bail Snlciilc. San Francisco, Dec. 24. AV. J. Had- ley, alias Saville, alias Percy English, torger ol circular notes ot the Union Bank of London, was held to answer to day; bail $10,000. Charles E. Gorham, a native of Massa chusetts, aged fifty-three, formerly a Front street, merchant, suicided to-day hy cut ting his throat. Ashore untl Wi'ecketl. New York, Dec. 24. The Telegram publishes the following: The Star Line steamship State of Louisiana, from Glas- gow, which left that port yesterdav for New York, ran ashore this morning at Hunter's Rock while entering Lome Lough. The vessel will probably become a total wrecir. Mnriler In the First Degree. St. Louis, - Do. 24. The Jury in tti- ease of Edward J. Nugent, who has been on trial several days past for murdering his wife August 20, 1870, rendered a ver dict this morning ot murder in the hrst degree. Nugent s counsel will endeavor to appeal the case to the supreme uourt, Alleged Murderer Discharged. Chicago, Dec. 24. Governor Cullom this afternoon ordered the discharge, at Springfield, of Merrick and Gafiigan, ar rested recently on a warrant ot the laov ernor of Pennsvlvnnia for murder alleged to have been committed bv them in that State fifteen years ago. Thoroughly Killed Him. Galveston, Dec. 24. The News's spe cial lroiu Junction City, lexas, says: loin foran and Louis Temple longiitwitn pis tols. Doron killed Temple. The hitter's father pursued Doran, shooting him twice fatally, then stabbed the body eleven times and cut his throat trom ear to ear. Fire Record. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 24. The steamer J. P. Underbill burned at the wharf this morning. The names spread to the steamer Northeast and to stores on the wharf. Half a square burned, in eluding live stores, live warehouses, two steamers, two stables, five horses, one hundred hogsheads of molasses, Beven hundred tons ot coal, one thousand bar rels of rosin and a large amount of other produce, involving a loss ol i 0,000; surance $35,000. L Cleveland, Dec. 24. At 9:30 this evening a fire broke out in one of the two large barrel lactones at the Standard till Company a main works, corner ot iJroad way and Forest streets. A loss to a great amount ol valuable act mining property seemed imminent, but at present writing the hre seems to be under control, and will probably not extend beyond the build ing named. The building and contents will likely prove a total loss. As far as can be learned at present the loss will probably not exceed $10,000 or $15,000. Midnight The fire has now been com pletely subdued. Later and probably more accurate estimates place the loss at $20,000, principally confined to building anil machinery. No insurance. The factory employed one thousand men with a producing capacity of five thou sand five hundred barrels dailv. Work was temporarily suspended about a week ago on account of overstock. The cause of tho fire is unknown, suspected to be in cendiarism. Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 24. The machine shops of Hobbs Brothers, in the center of Wheeling, were totally de stroyed by hre at eleven o clock to-night. The building and machinery belonged to the Franklin Building Association, and were valued at about $05,000; insured for $40,000. The stock and patterns were owneu oy me Messrs. Hobbs, upon which there was no insurance. They were valued at $1,000. Detroit, Dec. 24. A fire atDowagiac, Michigan, destroyed the residence Jtichard ileddou. Loss $2o,UUU: in sured. Rome, N. Y., Dec. 24. The Armstrong Block burned to-day. Loss, SW.UUO; in surance, $20,000. Northwest Weather and Rnilronii. Milwaukee, Dec. 24. The tempera ture the past two days ranged from five to eight degrees below zero. V ery high wind prevailed most of the time, with a maximum velocity of forty-five miles per hour. Nearly all railroads centering here report trouble from snow drifts. The officials of the St. Paul road say to-night tncir road is again clear and trainB run ning nbout on time. The Milwaukee Di vision of the Northwestern railroad prob ably Buffered mere from drifts than any other road. Passenger trains from Chi cago due here at noon did not arrive until five p. ni. The road is now clear of drifts however, and by to-morrow trains will probably be running on time. The managers of the Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul, Chicago and Northwestern, West Wisconsin and Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads held a meeting to-day for the purpose of making the cus tomary revision ol ireight taritls tor the winter months. Entire harmony prevailed, and a tariff was agreed upon which will go- into effect as soon as the agree ment is signed by all the contractingparties. Detroit. Dec. 24. The weather in this section has, for the last few days, been ex tremely cold, the thermometer tailing as low as four degrees below zero. Snow has also fallen in large quantities. Trains on nearly all the roads centering in this city were delayed last night. The Michigan Central road was blocked west of Kala mazoo. There were no trains over the Toledo and Ann Arbor railway to-day, on account of heavy drilts between Ann Arbor and Dundee. Chicago, Dec. 24. Reports from points in the northwest show the cold is wide Bpread, the thermometer ranging from zero to thirty degrees below. The coldest weather was west of Sioux City, , In this city the range has been from four to nine teen below lor two days. WASHINGTON. the day observed. Washington, Dec. 24. All Depart ments elosed at noon to-day until lliurs-day. GET PAV FOR THEIR COTTON. The suit against the Government brought by the heirs of Stephen A. Douglass, lor certain cotton captured iy the United Slates Government in Mis sissippi during the war, and sold abandoned property, was settled finally in the Court ol Claims to-day by judgment in favor of the claimants. APCROl'RlATION BILLS. The House Appropriation committee expect to have all appropriation bills passed and sent to the Senate by February 20 at the farthest. BOSTON ASSISTANT TREASURER. E. L. Pierce. Boston, has been appoint ed Assistant Treasurer of the United States. CABINET SESSION. At the short Cabinet session no mention was made of the Berlin mission. THE MR I'EIt I'ENTH. Subscriptions to the four per cent, loan to-day, ',112,(100. Case No. 1. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24. In the United States Court, yeslerday,several par ties, arrested under indictment of the late United States Grand Jury, were on trial The first case was E. L. Moore, of Dallas county. His counsel interposed the plea that the indictment was void because some of the jury finding the indictment were in the Confederate army, and under section 820 ol the Revised (Statutes were not competent jurors. They cited a de cision of Judge Woods, this Circuit, in Louisiana, and recently m blonda Judge Bruce, of the District Court, decided that the plea was not good; that the section, although in the statutes, had been re pealed before the statutes were abolished by Congress; and the act of Congress, making all in the book the law, did not revive the repealed section. The cases were all postponed until Jhtirsday. Cincinnati Ncns. Cincinnati, Dee. 24 The Polar wove is a decided success here, this morning the thermometer standing at zero. Sev eral inches of snow on the ground. Suit has been brought in the Superior Court against Adae & Co., suspended bankers, alleging fraudulent concoalment ol property by Caroline Hernis, who had $1,000 deposited in the bank at the time of the lailure. At Dayton yesterday, in the case of the .State v. Ihe Miami canal lessees, Judge iiaynes decided in lavor ot the lessees, declaring the destruction of the Hamil ton basin, which was a material part of me cunui, so inieriereu wuu me nguis ot the lessees that they cannot be longer help; la me perlorniance ot, the Jease Went her Notes. Louisville, Dec. 24. The weather seems to be getting colder here. At day break the thermometer was below zero at noon it was ten degrees above; at 11 to-night it is only eight above. St. Louis, Dec. 24. A Kansas City dis patch says: The weather for the past week has been the severest known in that region for twenty years. Over two feet of snow covers the earth, while the mercury has been several degrees below zero. The Missouri river has been closed tor a week. Ice is a foot thick. The entire trans portation overland now is transacted by sleighs. Uood Arts lo Men. St. Louis Dec. 24. A Kansas City dis patch says a novel feature of Christmas in this city will be a grand distribution ot provisions and groceries to the poor by Mayor lieo. M. Shelly. At his sug gestion citizens generally contributed an immense amount ol edibles, and sleighs having been also prottered,the provender will to-morrow be distributed among the worthy destitute of the city. The Council Chamber, whose donations are stored, is filled to its utmost capacity, and the undertaking is thcfirst of the kind ill the city, and promises to be a most praiseworthy affair. Adulteration in Niitrars. New York, Dee. 24. President Chandler submitted to-day lo the Board of Health a report on the alleged adulteration of sugars, in which he states that in two ounces of yellow and coffee sugars he had found as much as a globule of metal. Although he does not say the quantity of adulteration of compounds is large enough to be injurious, he declares adulteration unnecessary, and stamps it as a fraud upon the public at large. Cirrleville Note. Special to the Ohio State Journal. . Circleville, Ohio, Dec. 24. James Trego, who was stabbed Saturday night last, inCoony Briner's saloon, in Canada, by Joe Willard, is still alive and will recover. It was thought Saturday night his wounds were fatal. To-morrow ofter morning service, Mr. T. K. Wittick, music teacher, leads Miss Lizzie Cook to the altar. Ntormg at Asplinvitll. Panama, Dec. 13. In a gale at AHpin-wall, the 10th inst., four vesselB were lost and the Pacific Mail Company's wharf, with other wharves, were damaged to the extent of $100,000. A previous storm interrupted for some days communication by rail and telegraph between this city and Aspinwall. The MiNNlfiNlppi Cloned. St. Louis, Dec. 24. The ice gorge at Carondelet last evening held fast, and at 11 o'clock this morning came to a standstill in the harbor here. The river now is practically closed from St. Paul to Cairo. To-day is the coldest of the season, the mercury marking six degrees below zero at 8 o'clock this morning. O'Lcary t- Co. New York, Dec. 24. At half pust ten to-day O'Leary in the six-days' pedestrian contest hadmadu 105 miles, Campana 115. The former took four hours rest last night, the latter live hours. At 1:30 O'Learv had made 113 miles, Campana 122. At 10:30 Cainpaua finished 150 miles and left the track with the intention of resting several hours. He walked the last mile with evident pain. O'Leary completed 150 miles shortly after his opponent left the track, and is still walking at midnight, Bnlihlo Blorkaded. Buffalo, Dec. 24. The storm of snow and wind continues. Railroad travel is seriously interrupted in all directions. There are now at this point one hundred and twenty cars of cattle, a hundred cars of hogs and thirty cars of sheep. The intensity of the cold prevented local dealers from moving purchases made. Travel Trouble at Iliilliilo. Buffalo, Dee. 24. It is still snowing and drifting badly and all trains aredetained. FOREIGN. Returned Bosnians Perishing from the Cold. Romer Has Been Examined and Will Leave Turkey. Fatal Boiler Explosion in Mon treal. I list less Increasing Throughout Great Britain. Hark Lane ExpreHN. London, Dec. 24. The Mark Lane Express says: The cold weather has proved salutary to winter wheat in this country and France. Farmers continue to market their wheat with some free dom, bnt notwithstanding the improved condition in offerings trade is very flat in the majority ol provincial markets, as millers are disinclined to udd to their stocks at the close of the year. An equal dullness has marked the Loudon trade. Foreign wheat, of which imports are now much smaller, has been dealt in sparingly, but despite the limited nature ol demand, business has not lacked some features ol Bteadiness, except oats, continued heavy arrivals of which cause prices to drag. All varieties of feeding corn Bold slowly at last week's conveniences, and the steadiness shown has been more apparent in the general tone of trade than in the actual amount of business transacted. Bonier Turkish Loan. Constantinople, Dec. 24. Komer has been examined both by the American Consul General and by the Porte. He is still held a prisoner. The Porte will provide him with means necessary to quit Turkey. The Porte considering the British guarantee of a further Turkish loan improbable, is discussing the possibility of obtaining an international guarantee. Commerce Treaty Vlg-oroiitt. London, Dec. 24. A dispatch from Vienna states the Austro-Italian treaty of commerce has been signed. A press telegram from Berlin says the Socialist law is being enforced with re newed seventy; seventeen publications have been prohibited in Leipsic alone. Promoted The Poor DlfltresH. London, Dec. 24. Dnrkee, of Edin- burg, is about to be promoted to be Rear Admiral. Ten thousand pounds are required for the sick and hungry of Sheffield. Severe weather continues throughout the king dom and distress increases. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Montreal, Dec. 24. The boiler in the Dominion Company's paper mills at Kin-sey exploded to-day, almost destroying the building. A number of persons in jured; two men missing. Gainbetln's Idean. Paris, Dec. 24. Gambetta, speaking at a banquet to-nigh, anticipated a Kepub lican majority of twenty-five in the Sen ate, and said the duty of the Republic would be to solidify its own party and govern the others. The Ameer Heurd From. Pesth, Dec. 24. A St. Petersburg dis patch says the Ameer of Afghanistan and a portion of the Russian mission have already passed the frontier, en route for 'n..i.i.: i A MEIIIILIUU. Pcrlfthiiiij; 1'roin Cold. London. Dec. 24. A Vienna disuati says forty per cent, of the Bosnians who returned to their homes will have per ished by spring, if the weather does not moderate. Don't Like It. Rome, Dec. 24. The Italian Consul at Cvurus has protested against the suspen sion of hia Consular jurisdiction, and refuses to apply for British exequator. A MndCnp Neare. Copenhagen, Dec. 24. The writer of the letter threatening the King with assassination proves to be insane. Mr. Buck Resigns. New Orleans, Dec. 24. Samuel 11. Buck has tendered his resignation as Secretary of the National Cotton Exchange of America to take effect January 1, that his entire attention may be devoted to his private business. ( BY MAU. AND TELEGRAPH. Nearly 1,000,000 barrels of flour have been received at Huft'alo during the past season. And now it turns out that there is no money for the Blaine committee to work with. By another of those egregious clerical blunders a word in the bill supposed to cover the needs of this case was misprinted, and so the machinery has to stop. General Sherman has written a letter to Senator Burnside, chairman of the joint committee on Army Reorganization, in which he endorses the proposed bill substantially, aud thinks if it passes it will give a better military code than has existed Bince 1834. Two young men of Baltimore, Wood Hinds and Vm. M. James, on Monday engaged in a most desperate hand to hand shooting, at only five feet distance from each other. Each emptied his revolver at the other, and each wounded the other with three bullets. Hinds is probably fatally wounded. Hinds made the attack, charging that James had ruined his sister, which the latter denies. On a Grand Trunk railway train, near Ridgeway, Michigan, . last Thursday night, Walter Storms was attacked by a man named Crabb, while standing on the rear platform of the rear car. Storms's throat was cut, he was robbed of $600 and thrown off the car. He fell in a snow bank, and crawled to a farm house, where medical aid was obtained, but he is not expected to recover. His assailant waB a gambler, and it is suspected that Storms was his partner, and that the tragedy was the result of a quarrel about money. Ohio. Mrs. John Robinson, wife of the well known circus manager, died in Cincinnati yesterday. Richards, the murderer of the Harelson family, and who is now under arrest at Slcubenville, confesses to having committed nine murders. Robert Williams, a much respected young man of Tuscarawas county, was drowned while crossing a creek in returning from a party Thursday night last. Miss Clara Cummins, a school teacher in the Marysvillc public schools, had her pocket-book, containing some $25, taken from her pocket while getting off the cars at Delaware on Saturday last. Mrs. John McKnight, of Zanesville, on Monday left her house in charge of a six-year old little daughter for a few minutes; but when she returned she found the little girl in the yard, bo badly burned that she lived but a few hours. In the death of Sfra. Eliza Moorehoiise, at Springfield, said to have died from injuries received in fulling down stairs, the post mortem examination is said to have established the fact that the wounds on the head were not received in the fall. Millnil Valley anil Columbus Riillroiid. To (lie Mltor of the Ohio Slate Journal: JIarwsburg, O., Dec. 23 The meeting advertised for this place to-day in the interests of the Miami Valley and Columbus railway, was a grand success. At two o'clock p. in. the audience was called to order by Mayor Smith, and John S. Young, Esq., chosen Chairman, with Doctor Ed. Morgan and J. W. Tiinmons as Secretaries. After an elo quent address from the Chairman, follow ed by a full report of the financial stand ing ot the Company, with energetic anu well timed apjieahi from President Gatch of the road, the required amount of stock at this place was nearly all subscribed. There being parties of known ability yet in the neighborhood, a committee of some of the most energetic of our citizens were appointed to wait upon them and report on Saturday the 28th, when there ia no doubt the quota will be filled. We have never had the pleasure ot witnessing so enthusiastic and determined a meeting. The road will be contracted as advertised from here to Wavnesvule on next Monday, the 30th infit. ' Mnrlou Mailer. To Ibe Editor of tha Ohio State Journal : Marion- O., Dec. 24j-The snow is about ten inches deep, on a solid foundation, making good sleighing. This morning, the coldest of the winter so far, the mercury was ten degrees below 'zero eighty-five degrees colder than one year ago to-day at UM. m. i he schools have closed lor two weeks. The big bullock which tookthe first iremium at the Wyandot county fair last all has been slaBithtered here for Christ mas meat. Its gross weight, was 2,550 pounds. The recent accident ou the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad near Caledonia, proves to nave been more disastrous than at first 'supposed. A large number of hogs were killed, and engines and ears were niucli ttam- ged. Miss Beiber. aged about sixteen years. daughter of Peter S. Beiber, died Sunday morning of quick consumption. There is talk here of Charles Foster for Governor and General James H. God-man for Lieutenant Governor. . , The Art or Cooking-. The Housekeeper. ' The science and art of cooking may be divided into a few principal parts; the rest is all fancy. TheBe partB are baking, boiling, broiling, trying, roasting, seasoning, simmering and stewing, lasting is an adjunct to all. - Bakina. In baking.see that the furnace or oven iB properly heated; some dishes require more heat than others. Look at the obiect in process of baking from time to time, and especially at the beginning; turn it round, if necessary, in case it be heated more ou one side than the other, to prevent burning. In baking meat and hsli, besides keeping ine uoiiom oi me pan covered with broth or water, place a piece of buttered paper over the object in the pan. It not only prevents it from burning, but acts aB a self-basting operation, and keeps the top moist and juicy. If a top of a cake bakes faster than the rest, place a piece of paper on it. Boilimj. This ia the most abused branch in cooking. We know that many well meaning housewivefl, and even professional cooks, boil things that ought to be prepared otherwise,, with a view to economy, but a great many do it through laziness. Boiling requires as much care as anv other branch, but they do not think so, and therefore indulge in it. Another abuse ia to boil fast instead of slowly. Set a small oceau of water on a brisk fire and boil something in it as fast as you can; you make much steam bnt do not cook faster, tho degree of heat being the same as if you were boiling slowly. If the object yon boil, and especially boil fast, contains any flavor you evaDorate it. and cannot bring it back. Many things are spoiled or partly destroyed bv Doiline. such as meats, coffee, etc. Water that lias been boiled is in ferior for cooking purposes, its gases and allrnli Violnt ovon..rnt(l . Broiliny. Whatever you Tiroii, grease the bars of the gridiron first, ironing and roasing ore the same thing; tne object in process of cooking by either must be exposed to the neat on one siue anu me other side to the air. Bear in mind that no one can broil or roast in an oven, whatever be its construction, its process of heating, or its kind of heat. An object cooked in an oven is baked. It is better to broil before than over a lire. In broiling before the fire all the juice can be saved. In broiling by gas there is a great advantage. The meat is placed under the heat, and as the heat draws the juice of the meat, the consequence is' that the juice being attracted upward is retained in the meat. A gaB broiler is a square, flat drum, perforated on one side and placed over a frame. Broiling on live coals or on embers withditt a gridiron is certainly not better than with one, as believed by many ; on the contrary, besides not being very clean, it bums or chars part of the meat. That belief comes of the fact that when they partook of meat prepared in that way, it was with a sauce that generally accompanies hunters, fishermen, etc., hunger, the most savory of all savory sauces. The Treatment of Bums. Further experiment and reflection led Dr. Waters to the conclusion that pressure upon the nerves is the cause of the pain in burns. He says: "Heat contracts albumen, hardens, stiffens, and thus closes the pores and produces pressure upon the nerves. The application of biearbonate of soda gives its quick relief by dissolving or softening the albumen in or surrounding the pores, and, allowing the restrained contents to escape, relieves the pressure. That the1 pain is due to pressure is shown by the foct that position is all important' in giving relief. If the burnt limb is poised so that the blood will gravitate toward the heart, the relief from pain after applying the alkali iB more complete than with the limb in other positions. The practical directions for the treatment are then summarized as follows: My treatment is to apply to the burned surface bicarbonate of soda in fine powder, if it is a wet surface; but if it is a dry burn, use a paste of bicarbonate of soda and water, or a strong solution of the bicarbonate of soda in water, and apply to the burned surface. This relieves Bunburns as well as burns from hot coals, melted sulphur, hot iron, steam, etc. Al-ways'dispose the burned surface so that the blood can gravitate toward the heart if possible, as otherwise a continuous pain may be felt, due to the dilation of the blood vessels from the weight of tho contained blood. If bicarbonate of soda is not at hand, bicarbonate of potash is the next best. Then the emulsion of lime water and oil makes a good dressing where the skin is broken. But vaseline is preferable, as there is no odor from it, and it is quite as bland. California Benr Hunters. Hcaldshurg Enterprise-! During the past few weeks Joel Ragan has killed three bears in the mountains near Heaklsburg, and Slyvester Scott has killed five. Mr. Ragan killed one of the largest that has been seen in the mountains for a long time. Scott is perhaps the most successful bear hunter in California. He has a pack of twenty-five hounds, and seldom fails to get Bruin when once upon his track. Some English tourists are now hunting with him, for Scott's reputation extends even outside the State. This week David Hopper, another great bear hunter, but now almost ou the retired list, went out to Aaron Hassett's ranch to hunt a bear that had been killing Mr. Hassett's sheep. On Monday morning, accompanied by George Kanago, Charles Brown and "Missouri Jim," Mr. Hopper started on the hunt, found the track anil followed it about two miles to the headwaters of Austin Creek, the chase lasting till one o'clock in the afternoon, when Bruin came within thirty yards of Kanago, who let hiin have fourteen buckshot and brought him down. It was a brown bear, weighing about six hundred pounds and cut three inches of fat in the thickest part. A HINT TO DRINKERS. Wlinf. May be Naved by Turning; Your Wives Into Barkeepers. . T. C. Caiupliell's Lecture ut Maysville, Ky. Some one asks how the barrooms can be closed. Barrooms are not kept for amusement. There is not a man in the State who would keep a bar if there was no hope for a profit. Let every man who lias brains enough to attend to his own business determine not to drink at a bar, and the barrooms will soon be closed. Men who are ashamed of their habits of drinking, aud who must have a screen to hide them, will not often have an opportunity to drink elsewhere, and one great step in the temperance reform will have been taken. Barkeepers in this city pay, on an average, $2 per gallon for whisky. One gallon contains an average of sixty-five drinks, and at ten centsa drink the poor man pays six dollars and a half per gallon for his whisky. In other words, he pays $2 for the whisky and $4.50 to a man for handing it over a bar. While it would be better for all not to drink, some men will have whisky, and my advice to them is this: Make your wife your barkeeper. Lend her $2 to buy a gallon of whisky for a beginning' iiid every time you want a drink go fcj'iier and pay ten cents for it. )f fhc time you have drank a gallon she-will have 0.50, or enough money lo refund the $2 borrowed of you, to pay for another gallon of liquor, and have a balance of $2.50. Sho will be able to conduct future operations on her own capital, and when you become an inebriate, unable to support yourself, shunned and despised by respectable people, your wife will have enough money to keep you until you get ready to fill a drunkard's grave. But had you paid all this money to a barkeeper, he would not have given a cent to bury yon, or a crust of bread to keep your cniitiren irom siurving. Few people ever stop to calculate the cost of dram drinking. At ten cents per drink, one drink per day will cost $30.50 per year, two drinks per day w cost73. three drinks ifiiiy.ou, ami four drinks $144 per year. A man came to me the other dav to pay the interest on a note for $100 I hold against him. Said he. "1 onlv receive $IjOO a year, and with a family to support I am not able to iiav mv debts." 1 asked him to take a pencil, to make a slight calculation for me, and then asked him how often he drank at a bar. His average was three drinks per day, which, by his own calcu lation, amounted to Tiir-i.iiu, or enough to have paid both principal and interest of the note, and have $1.50 left. He was astonished 'at this discovery, and is now determined to never drink at a bar again. Her MnicMy. New York Graphic Queen Victoria will have completed her sixtieth year should she live until May 24, 1879. On the 28th of June last she celebrated the fortieth anniversary of her coronation. She succeeded to the crown on the 20th of June, 1837, but was not crowned for a year and a week afterward. Egbert, the first King of all England, ascended tho throne in 82, exactly 1,01U years Delore yueen Victoria s ascension, ut all the sover eigns of Enclaiid George HI reigned the longest, nearly 00 years, from 1 700 to 1820. His later years, as is well known, were clouded with insanity. He reigned but did not rule. Henry VIII reigned 66 years, from 1216 to 1272. Edward III reigned 50 years, from 1327 to 1377. Queen Elizabeth reigned 45 years, Irom loua to luua. Alio snouiu Queen Victoria die at the present moment, her reign would rank alter that of Elizabeth that is, the fifth in length in ten centuries and a half. The combined length of the reigns of these five sovereigns is 251 years that is, a little less than one-fourth of the whole period. It is well known that the Queen's health has been anything but robust tor some years past. The shock caused by tho death of Princess Alice, to whom her majesty was tenderly attached, may have a disastrous eflect. The Queen mnv survive her affliction, and she ma v. and we hope she will, live on for years lo come, out then sue may not. iter health may give wav at any moment And what then ? The Prince of Wales would ascend the throne without an outbreak. The Republican movement in England may not be dead, but it is sleeping soundly, cradlaugti is atteiiu- ing to his numerous lawsuits, while Odger is dead, and his "mates," who were never going to permit the easygoing Prince to ascend the throne, would ne powerless even to protest. The Prince has outgrown many of his youthful tollies, lherewouldbealresh outburst of loyalty on his ascension. But it would be a little singular to see what part he would take in the development of personal government to which the energies of the Earl of Beaconsfield have been devoted since the conservatives came into power. That a man in the prime of life would not be as plastic in tho hands of Beaconsfield as an estimable lady, who holds aloof from the world and perhaps is easily flattered, is certain, lint a King tikes to govern as well as reign, and we may be certain that a public officer, whether king or constable, will not be apt to quarrel with any one aiming at magni fying Ins olhce. Child Miirriag-ON. A number of Hindoo youths have lately united in an expression of opinion which young Americans might adopt with great benefit to themselves and the race. These boys, all students of Calcutta, having noted the evil ellects ot marriage at the very cany age at which it is allowed in India, have mib- licly declared their intention to defer the contracting ot matrimonial relations until maturity. If the young men of America were to make a similar declaration, the question would hang upon whatever constitutes maturity, and on tins subject there is reason lor considerable change in the accepted standard. Maturity certainly implies the possession of common sense; but how much sense is there in the habit, peculiar to young people in America more than anywhere else, of marrying without any provision for the future? Fully nine-tenths of our newly married couples are dependent upon salaried positions which may be lost at any moment, or upon trades which any year may become as languid as many others are at the present time. As fors'avings, accumulations of previous earnings, upon which to live in case of loss of employment or of sickness, our young people know scarcely anything about them. Love in a cottage is doubtless very delightful, but starving in a garret unpaid for is not, and this hitter is what a great many hiving but rashly married couples are doing at present, according to the visitors of the poor, and, worse still, their misery is being shared by some helpless little beings who had no part in the original blunder. Such ill-considered unions are "child-marriages" in the worst sense of the term, for years and stature are not the true standards of maturity. Because the law, despairing generally of regulating the relations of the sexes, imposes no material restrictions upon marriage of persons of adult age, it does not follow that the contracting parties have a right to cast prudence to the winds and make mere incantations the excuse for bringing wretchedness upon themselves and their offspring' and imposing paupers, vulgar or genteel' upon society. A Vood Ktnry About the Old Wills; Bays. A good story of the davs of William Henry Harrison and log-cabins, hard cider and coon skins conies from "way down in Maine." John Fairfield was then Governor and Hannibal Hamlin was Speaker of the House. The good and aged wife of one of the large farmers of that day was a radical politician, and a warm admirer of Governor Fairfield. One of her sons was a mes senger to the Governor, and in token of her regard ana gratitude she made a monster cheese weighing several hun dred pounds, and sent it to the Execu tive Mansion. In order to give the matter publicity the Governor sent the cheese to the House, asking that it be cut up and n piece given to each member of the Legislature. A day was fixed tor the least, lo the great surprise ot the Democrats an ardent Whig offered to furnish a barrel of hard cider and some brown bread to go with the cheese. On the appointed day the board was spread and the great cheese was cut. urown Dread and hind cider added to the relish with which the law-givers con sumed the old lady's gift. Promptly at the expiration ot the allotted time lor the festival Hannibal Hamlin called the House to order. Twenty Democrats were on their feet at once, shouting, "Mr. Speakerl Mr. Speaker!" Loud sounded the Speaker's gavel, and louder came the cries of the twenty voices. Contusion orevailed. and the voice of the Speaker grew hoarse and faint. Uiscourageu in lus eltorts to restore order, he put a motion to adjourn. Faint "yeas were heard, but the raging "noes came after them like 'a tempest. With a hundred voices shouting "no" the Speaker left the desk in despair. Then was given the cause for the wild commotion. These twenty men had partaken freely of the hard cider, and as some log-cabin Whig had added to the cider a plentiful supply of brandy, it had intoxicated them. Mules for Farm Work. We incline to the belief that mules are preferable to horses for farm work, for the following reasons: L They cost less in every way. They eat less grain, are less particular about their food, and require less grooming than horses. All tins requires time and money, and to the wide-awake farmer time is money. 2. They mature earlier. A mule at three years is every bit as good as a horse at four years. The farmer saves a year's interest ou the capital invested on his beast, to say nothing of a year's feed, for every mule he raises and breaks. 3. They are more easily broken than horses, and when properly broken and properly treated are quite as gentle. Of course, the popular impression is just to the contrary, but the popular impression is as wrong in Ibis case as it is in so many others. An ordinary mule may be broken as well in nno dav as an ordi nary horse in two weeks. In most cases all that is necessary is to hitch him up beside a well-broken mule or a steady horse, and set him to work. Whenonce properly broken he is less given to vari ous tricks like kicking in harness and running away than a horse. He is safer for women and children. 4. A mule will do one-third more hard work and will draw heavier loads than a horse. True, if too much imnosed on he will balk so will a horse. There io nn mow need nf hnvinp; a hnllry mule than a horse. Moreover, a mule a aver age working life is at least twenty-five years double that of a horse. In short, one mule will do more work than two horses, and cost less than one. We know farmers in this State who have used nothing but mules for work ing teams for many years, and who could nol. be inducpd to use nnvthimr else. Some of them keep a span of fine horses for driving, but one tarmer is so enthusiastic on the mule subject that he will not keep a horse on his place. He has a line mule-team large, solid, glossy brown fellows, nnd, apart from their long ears, they are as handsome as any team ol horses in Ins country. Edwin Booth On the Bmuia. The Christmas number of the Christian Union contains the following letter from Edwin Booth, sent in reply to a request irom the editor lor an article upon the drama: Dear Sir On my arrival here found your favor of 1st inst., but have been prevented from answering it until lo-day. Having no literary ability whatever, 1 must decline your nattering invita tion; nor do I know how to aid the worthy cause you advocate ; could I do so, be assured it should be ireety done. My knowledge of the modern drama is so very meagre that I never permit my wife or daughter to witness a play without previously ascertaining its character. This is the method I pur sue; I can suggest no other, unless it might be by means of a "dramatic censor," whose taste or judgment might, however, be frequently at fault. If the management of theaters could be denied to speculators and placed in the hands ot actors who value their reputation and respect their calling, the stage would at least afford healthy re creation, it not, indeed, a wholesome stimulus to the exercise of noble sentiments. But while the theater is permitted to be a mere shop for gain- open to every huckster of immortal ginicracks there is no other way to discriminate between the pure and base than through the experience of others. Yours truly, H-dwin booth Nutmegs Nutmegs grow on trees which look liko pear trees, and are generally over twenty feet high. The flowers are very much like the lily of the valley. They are pale yellow, and very fragrant. The nutmeg is tho seed of the fruit, and the mace is the thin covering over this seed. The trait is about as large as a peach When ripe it breaks open and shows the little nut inside. The trees grow on tho islands of Asia, and in tropical America. They bear fruit for seventy or eighty years, having ripe fruit upon them at all seasons. A fine tree in Jamaica has over a thousand nutmegs on it yearly. The Dutch used to have all the nutmeg trade, as they owned the Banda Islands, and conquered all the other traders, and destroyed the trees. To keep the price up, they once burned three piles of nutmegs, each of which was as large as a church. Nature did not sympathize with such meanness. The nutmeg pigeon, found in all the Indian Islands, did for the world what the Dutch had determined should not be done; carried those nuts, which are her food; into all the surrounding countries, and trees grew again, and the world has the benefit. Gould's Great Games. The Railway Age has apparently caught the idea that Gould is often abused for jobs in which he is in no manner connected. The Age says : "We beg to assure, our alarmed granger friends, in advance, that the report which may lie expected from Wall street, that Mr. Jay Gouldhas purchased the New York Central, Erie, Pennsyl vania, liaitnnore and Uluo, Lake bhore. Michigan Central, Canada Southern, Northwestern, Rock Island, Burlington and Quiney, and Union, Central, North ern and Southern Pacific roads, and has also secured an absolute monopoly of the Erie canal and tho great lakes, and will immediately raise passenger rates to $1 per mile, and rates oil corn to $13 a bushel from Chicago to New York, is not fully verified. The greatest vigilance, however, is demanded on the part of the press and the Legislatures to prevent such a diabolical scheme from being suddenly sprung upon us." - A Case of a Pig. Some one Bhould gather the late Mr. Lincoln's jokes and make them into a book. The following he used to tell on Tom Hainer, of Ohio. Mr. Hamer's client was charged with hog stealing. The case was clearly proven, mid when it went to the jury Tom was indisposed to say a word : "Don't give it up, don't give it up," whispered the client. "But I can say nothing," replied the poor attorney. "But you must. Get up and yowl-holler, holler, man, or I'm lost, and I won't pay you a d d cent." Thus instigated, Tom rose gravely and astonished the court by a dissertation on the laws of forcible entry and detainer. Then, turning to his jury, be gave them a discourse on the nature and habitsof liogB. He called attention to the prohibition of God, through Moses, of nog meat as an article of food. Ho told how our Savior put the devil that afflicted the poor man into the swine, and the swine ran down a steep place and were drowned. But Tom asserted, however, that all were not drowned, but some escaping, gradually extended the breed of damned hogs "for," said Torn, "if thev are possessed ot the devil they must be damned" until all the hogs of earth had devils in them. "Let any man owning a corn-field or a garden-patch answer, demanded Hamer. "Is there a fence that will turn a damned hog, gentlemen of the jury? Isaynolone. It will find ahole ll there is one; it not, it will make one, It rattles down bars and lifts gates oil their hinges. 1 nave known nogs climb fences; yes, gentlemen, clamber up and fall down, but always fall on the garden side. The devil teaches them anatomy, gentlemen, for who ever heard of a hog falling on his snout? He always comes down on his rump, with a grunt; that is a mingled expression of surprise and satisfaction. When a damned hog re member, gentlemen, that I quote Scripture; I am not profane when say, a damned nog gets under your buggy he does not run out of the wav like a sensible Christian animal ; ne on the contrary goes to backing and get ting under every leg ot the horse and wheel of the buggy, until the one is broken and the other thrown down. Now, gentlemen, I put it to you: Sup pose my client did kill, under the mistaken notion that they were his, six of these creatures denounced by the Almighty and damned bv Jesus, is he to be held up as a malefactor and punished by imprisonment? tsut i deny, gentlemen, that it has been proven. He is innocent. The prosecuting attorney smiles. It is a swinish smile, gentlemen, and makes me ashamed of him." Hainer sat down with a round of applause from the bucolic bystanders, while his client winked at the jury. In due course of legal forms the jury re tired, and soon returned with a verdict of "not guilty." "Well, I'll bed daswellasthehogs," exclaimed Hamer, "if I can undt stand it." "You can't, eh?" responded the hog thief; "well, I can. Eleven of the jury had some of the bacon." Eufermented Bread. It is a question often asked, why bread baked in Edinburgh should be so much better than the London bread, and the produce of the French ovens so much better than either. Others we have heard remark that there is no bread equal to the Belgian. Now, supposing the flour to be the same in all, there can be no doubt that the difference must be ascribed to the variable oimli ties of the yeast employed in the differ ent countries. But the circumstance has become a philosophical question; and, for the future, it is the fault of the inhabitants of the least favored yeast district it they do not obtain bread quite as good as their liegnhors, This can lie easily managed by not using yeast at all, but such of its constituents, readily procured irom the next chemist, on which its fermenting property depends; anu tins application ot science to do mestic purposea will, we believe ere long, become generally acted ution The formula given is as follows: Take of flourlthree pounds avordupois; bicar bonate of soda in powder, four drachms; hydrochloric or muriatic acid, five fluid drachms; water, about twenty-six fluid ounces ; common table salt, three drachms. Bread made in these propor tions contain nothing but Hour, salt and water; for the proportions of soda and muriatic acid used are those wlnch-chemically combined, make com mon salt. The ingredients should be well mixed together; the soda and flour first, which is best done by passing the former through a fine sieve, and stirring it well into the flour with the hand ; the salt should be next dissolved and added to the acid (a wood en or glass rod being used to mix thorn i the whole should be thrown together, and kneaded as thoroughly and speedily as possible. The dough thus made should be baked in long tins, and is suf ficient to make two loaves. About one hour and a half is required in baking. This bread is well tasted, lighter, and more digestible than bread baked with yeast, and is less acesent. There cannot be a question that the unyeasted bread is more to be depended on for the sick chamber or the use ot the dvsp and must, of course, be more safe and wholesome for the public at large. Fantail Pigeons. While there are hundreds of youth who may take especial delight in caring for a few choice pigeons, a Targe majori ty ot our poultry fanciers breed lancy pigeons lor sale, and nnd much pleasure as well as profit, in doing so. Unlike poultry, several varieties can be bred in the same house or room, when once properly mated, though it occasionally happens that they have to be remitted. for some wayward cock may take a fancy to a hen of another kind and desert his own. Like the breeding oi poultry, in breeding pigeons there seems to be one particular breed which, while it may not lie so regarded in a fancy point ot view, by regular breeders, is bred largely in excess of the other kinds. It is the fan-tail, more particularly the while fantail, which seems to please the eye of those about to invest in a few fancy pigeons, for they are very showy when well bred specimens, and are held at a moderate price compared to the prices asked and readily obtained for many other varieties.In white ianl.iil-i there are the smooth head or plain and the crested one, the latter usually sidling rather better in some sections. Then we have the black, the yellow and several kinds of mottled fant'ails, all of which are really handsome. Their glory is undoubtedly in their tails, which should be largefun and well spread, while the bird should have a proud, haughty carriage, the head and tail nearly meeting when the bird is out on dress parade. One great trouble with pigeon breeders, more especially thoe whose time and attention HARRIED. Bettes Archki! -Kv Rev. S. P. Huts-inpiller, December 24.'1S78. nt the resi dence of the bride's father, corner Mound aud Front streets, Mr. J. M. Bettes, of Georgesville, and Miss Mahy E. Archer, of Columbus. FlTTRO WELCH At the residence of John Logan, December 2-1, 1878, by Rev. a. u. liutsinpuier, .Mr. David r ITTRO and Miss Emma L. Vi ulch, all of Columbus. New Advertisements. MUST GO! Wo do not intend ( curry over a single urlirle of our Holiday Stock, and have inntle prices no low Unit we l uimol I'uil lo elonie out the whole lot bclovc New Years. We Mtill have lei't a liiiig-nilieeut asraortiiient ol" NovellieN, and advise all to full vtliile Hie selection is good. HALM, BELLOWS & BUTLER, No, llll '.V 19C N. HIGH Ml. dc2j St 1 4p "THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT." By H. I STANLEY, The only complete nrcount 01 Stanley's wonderful exploration vi the gn.'tit African likt'B ami the Itiver Congo, from Its source to tlie Atltiiitic, ul-ltalietl by Hamper, and w sold llirougli Canvassc-is only. It Is In two umgn ill cent volumes, profusely illustiatetlfroii. Sinnley'sowiifila'lciVs, with un appended table (from his diary) ot' hU 1,000 duy' wandering over a distanceo! T,l."8 iiiih'B, aud will lie found lo bo Die must popular subi-rlpltoli hook of t lie year. Parties whom the canvasser lai lb to see limy write to If. W. Diiidv & Co., ColutiiliHM, Ohio, nnd Ihe agent will be directed to call. Address H. W. DERBY & CO., General A gent , CmIiiiiiIimm. Ohio. A Snitalile Holiiay Present! N'OMOKK HIJJTAHLE OK DEalKA-BLE Holiday Present lor the price, van be made than a years' subscription; to The Weekly Ohio State Journal, And the accompanying ALMANAC, tiend it to friends living' in the country, or to your sons and daughters who have moved to the far West, and who are anxious for news from home. Remember, only One UoIIhi' a year, poi'.age paid. (U-24 If ZETTLERHOUSE. HIK. CHKINTIAX SMI A Alt WISI1KSTO INFORM HIS FRIENDS AND the Traveling Public, that he bad taken charge of tbeabuvo House, and proponetj to make it a First Unas Hotel. Mr. Mehaub is an experienced Hotel proprietor, and has tbu reputation of taking care ot travelers. Mr. Theodore ...audieii, tov many years connected with the ronrodi ttoTct, wtll have ttie superin-tendeneyot the Houae, and will lu pleased to see his old lrh-nds. ... Aly stabling Ufcommodfitfons are among the beat and I hare employed tfiml hoatiera. ocllu.Hin 1 4p OHHISTIAN .St II A AH, Prop'r. GEORGE H. ELLIOTT, Oculist Optician, 4B.N0RTH HIGH ST..McCune Block, COLUMBUS, 0 mREATS ALL OPTICAL DEFECTS OK A. the Eye. Spectacles fitted after scientific measurement of the defects. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to S p. m. mr:l(i d ht-lpaw ly ALEXANDER HOUSTON, COLUMBUS TOKACCO AUENCY Storage and Commission Merchant, 1S9 Sonlli II lull Street, sep28 1 ll. iim COI.D.1I IIUM, . is taken up with other matters demanding their presence from home, is a want of cleanliness. Cleanliness should lie observed in every particular, if you wish the birds to thrive, and by all means make ample provision for keeping the rats out of the house, for not only will they eat the squabs with a keen relish, being very fond of such tender, juicy food, but will sometimes attack the old ones at night, destroying valuable birds which often cannot readily be replaced. In feeding pigeons, it is well to vary the food, feeding entirely on corn being injurious. Stale bread, cracked corn, wheat, oats, wheat screenings, together with some lettuce or cabbage, all are good for pigeons, and they should be kept supplied with plenty of gravel to aid them in their work of digestion. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to urge the importance of giving them an abundance of fresh, pure water regularly. Poultry Monthly. Nimiiy Itooms. I told a neighbor, lately, that the chief objection I had to a house under consideration as our future residence, was that I feared that the sun would not shine into the rooms enough to suit me. She laughed as though that was a new-idea to her, and quito whimsical. The blinds on the house were not objectionable, as I should 'leave them open, except on rare occasions. But the wide verandas on the east and south sides would totally exclude the friendly sunbeams from the common sitting room. Even in summer I should not like that, as there are many cold days when sunshine is far better than a fire. My neighbor said that it always made her feel nervous to have the sun shine directly into her rooms. Now sunshine is one of the best remedies for nervousness, but I understand my neighbor lo mean that the prying sunshine searching out every speck of dust and tiny cobweb before concealed by habitual shade, made her feel uneasy. Moreover the colors of the carpel must be preserved, and sunshine fades them. And so my neighbor pays the doctor for her medicine instead of taking it as a free gift from Heaven in the bright sunshine and pure air for 1 think she dreads air as much as sunshine, except when she goes out doors occasionally to get them. I like a broad piazza or generous porches about my house, but I want my windows free from even too much curtain. Unless in hot weather, when almost anything ails yon, and you feel disinclined to out door exercise.'the best thing you can do is to sit down in the broail smile of a sunny window and let the sunbeams put new life into you. If your feet are cold, the sun will warm them more thoroughly and permanently than a fire, especially if you take oil' your shoes and put your feet upon a stool or chair in the full sunshine. For neuralgia I know nothing better, in connection with fasting from one or two meals, than to lie in the lull iinslnne, all but the top of your head, which may be protected; cover up warm ll the room is cold, but let everything about your body be loose and well aired. American A nricttHiiriit.